THOMAS PHILBRICK,* or Philbrook is supposed to have come from England in 1630, or not much later, and settled in Watertown, Mass. He is said to have been a mariner in early life, and to have been master of a vessel before he emigrated from Lincolnshire in England. There is no doubt that he and his family were settled in Watertown in 1636. ....

.... His wife, Elizabeth, died, 12 mo. 19, 1663, and in March, 1664, when he made his will, he calls himself "very aged." He d. in 1667.

(2.) I. James2 Philbrick in 1644 a mariner of Hampton, who [m. (1) Jane, (dau. of Thomas) Roberts of Dover]? He m. (2) Ann Roberts, her sister and had 10 ch. .... He was drowned in the Hampton River, near the mouth of Cole's Creek, 16 Nov. 1674. His widow m. 8 July, 1678, William Mastin. .....

(6.) V. Thomas Jr. b. 14 March, 1659, cordwainer, m. 14 Apr., 1681, Mehitable (dau. of Dalton) Ayres, and settled in Hampton. In 1694 he was a grantee of Kingstown. In 1702, he sold his house and lot. some 5 acres, to Samuel Chapman, Jr., late of Ipswich, and removed to Kingstown, where he d. 1 Jan. 1712. .....

(7.) VII. Joseph, b. 1 Oct. 1663. a mariner, m. 1685-6, Triphena, (dau. of William and Rebecca) Marston, of Hampton, b. 25 Dec. 1663, who d. in 1729. in her 66th year. About 1714 he removed to Rye, where he d. 17. Nov. 1755, ae. 92. He had 9 ch.

VIII. Elizabeth, b. 24 July 1666.

IX. Mehitable, b. 19 July 1668, is said to have m. Timothy Hilliard after the death of Apphia, her sister.

I. Thomas Philbrick was married and had children, who were grown up before his emigration. On his arrival in New England, he went to Watertown and after a few years' residence there, the whole family removed to Hampton, though not all at the same time. The order in which the children are here named may not be the order of their births. His wife Elizabeth died Feb. 19, 1664. Mr. Philbrick probably died in 1667, as his will was proved on the 8th of October in that year. Children : ....

IV. JAMES PHILBRICK, mariner, son of Thomas (1), married Ann, daughter of Thomas Roberts, of Dover ; lived on the homestead. He was drowned, with Peter Johnson. His widow married, second, William Marston (3). Their children :